North Africa

They Day that War Broke Out - Part 2

On arriving in Napier Avenue, I had to stop and look in my Paybook, to see what number I lived at as...

To Sleep Perchance To Dream

This time as a proper Scout Platoon in our Bren Gun Carriers, the Motor Platoons in their 15 hundred weight...

A "Bolshie" Royal Navy Reservist (1)

We were on North Sea convoy duty and were often attacked during daylight by German fighters and bombers,...

Harry Blood's War Part 3: Serving in North Africa, 1941

By lorry about thirty miles to 7th Armoured Division H.Q. – my first journey on the Western Desert....

Memoirs of a Gunner - Chapter 4 - Harry Wood

Our infantry had joined up with the red berets but the bridge was firmly in German hands and was being...

Ben Cumming's War - Chapter 2: The African Campaign

It was a joint invasion force, British, American and Free French and there was not much resistance as there...

Thomas Emyr Davies - 1st Battalion Parachute Regiment - My Story (Part 5 of 13 - North Africa Campaign III)

We were assisted off Djebel Mansour by a contingent of the French Foreign Legion who set up a rearguard...

the Day that War Broke Out - Part 3

When suddenly the situation changed, I was up on the truck handing down cans of water to Sgt. Kirby when...

As I Travel Along Life's Somtimes Stony Path - Part 3

The capture of eight divisions in Tunisia, including Rommel's veterans, and the elite of the Italian...

64th (7th London) Field Regiment Royal Artillery 12

The following day I went to Tripoli and visited the church there and was able to sign the visitors book on...

My Memories of the Battle of El Alamein and beyond

William McFarlan In 1942 I served with the 1st Battalion the Gordon Highlanders commanded by Lt Col H...

My RAF Life - Chapter 3

The reason for so many wireless operators was that we were going to be the first course to fly an aeroplane...

The Day that War Broke Out - Part 4

On visiting the beach to get news of our equipment the Sgt. Major wanted to know if the Colonel would be...

Convoy to Algiers

In the time left to us there were practical matters - I gave Minna a Power of Attorney, left a letter for...

Charley Pocock's War Chapter 3

The vehicles were continually getting stuck but with hard work and hard swearing we crept slowly forward...

A Holiday With Pay

It was during the Second World war that the Port Ordnance Detachments, in several of which Dad served, were...

64th (7th London) Field Regiment Royal Artillery 11

Sadly our Commander Royal Artillery, who was in charge of all the Divisions artillery was killed in a road...

With the RAOC and REME

7610470 Alfred John Boon joined the Royal Army Ordnance Corps on 4 October 1939, and trained as an...

Memories of L/Cpl Wilfred Slater 5249747

They said that the girl and the man had told the Germans about us because they had put a reward on all...

The Day that War Broke Out - Facts t& Figures Pt 1

But by the 19th February 60 Bty was out with the American RCT in the plain of OUSSELLTIA and 90 Bty was...

The Lighter Side of War - CHAPTER 18a: Sousse by the Sea - July 1943

Sousse: Butch joins workshops platoon, mends lorries and sells tea. So at the specified date and time the...

What Did You Do In The War Daddy? -Part 6 (Chapter 8 first part)

The bit we knew was certainly arid and nothing whatsoever grew there other than the odd patch of camel...

As I Travel Along Life's Somtimes Stony Path - Part 2

When opposite Algiers the convoy turned due south and so, on the 8th of November, Operation...

Prisoner Of War Story/ Gordon Highlanders Part 3

Another British fellow, Cabey, was working on the same lines as myself for getting away, and eventually we...

Tom's Story -Part 2

We spent some time in Oran and Algiers and in the latter Port we were subject to one of the heaviest air...

Travels With A Spitfire

This famous squadron, once led by Group Captain Bader, had disbanded after his capture and was reforming at...